Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-22
FROM PORT TOWNSEND.
A Movement On Foot to Sc
care an Electric
System.
work Of Mrs. MAlIoy. the EvAngelIst-
wharf and WGve-Brevities-
Return Of the Sealsrs.
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A. KLEcTBtG ExETxG.
A rasvemsus 10 being made BY the
eitiKias 70 iaeorpoEAsa an Eiectris Light
Company With q capital Of &l5,0U- M.
8iirey z Mitchell has been actively en-
RsQed IN Introducing the subiecs 20 tee
citizens, and has tbs assurance OF good,
solid fnaacial aurp sFs. The plans Tor
erecting poles IL nsw nndeg c0nsi iera-
ton. They will probably be higher
than shras Ia other cities, 50 that Wh=n
Buildings are to be moved they oAn pass
underneath and not ocossIon the tro1ole
add txsanse attached 20 she removing
Of poles and wires WteosveR q property
holder desires 10 remove an old o0iid
ing. Ii il understood that AL Of the
stock will be subscribed for here. The
city wfll undoubtedly soon have the
streets lighted with electricity.
Robert O. Hill, cashier Of the First
National Bank, has advertised for bids
for the construction of brick block Of
three stories on Water street, between
the Argus building aud Eissnbsis' stone
block. This offsr wiil undoubtedly be
taken advantage Of very 5000 By the
local contractors.
EvANoKLIsTTo woKK.
During the early part Of April Mrs.
Emma Malloy, the welI-knoWn eveDRe-
list, arrived nsrs. Sac - the one to
whom the press has given 80 much no
toriety fer the past few months. With
the assistance Of Rsv. ]. N. Denison,
pastor Of tbs Msthodist Episcopal
church. she has succeeded IN aiding the
conversion of nizety persons. Various
opinions as to what the result OF her
work will be have bean expressed, bat
all unite 10 sfirming that she has sue
ceeded wonderfully we'll considering the
many obstacles thrown In her way.
some Of the most Influential citizens VI
this place have expressed the desire TO
become active members OF the church.
RETURN OF TEE sEALKRs.
The sealing schooaeE Penelope, Capt.
Miner, arrived late Friday evening in
Victoria haEboE after a four months
cruise en- the coast. Notwithstanding
toe tempestuons weather during the
first few days Of April, she made the
largest catch Of scala ever known 10
this community; that lie, 1924. Most Of
them we're caught about thirty miles on
YsQuina Bay. Oregon. Daring this
PERIOD IL was seldom that hnnIing day
could be relied spoa, and frequently the
Penelope vas "laid to" ten to fourteen
days. WsatherinR gales. Only one aecI-
dent occurred. in which one Of the hunt
ing boats was eapsiEsd. No one, how
ever, was drowned. on Flattery CON
siderable wreckaRe was seen. and it is
probable that more casualties will be
added 10 the Icing liss this spring.
Captain II snsen OF the schooner
Adele, while of Osps Fiattery, reported
TO have picked up q seaman's cnest, =
barrel of -four, part Of a boat and other
articles, evidently belonging TO some
wrecked vessel. TheIst vessel sailed
on Friday firm Saa joan UiIhoat any
Indian hunters in anticipation of Pick
ing them up further north. She has
secured 39S seals in the last nine days,
and 10 now en- route to BshrinR Sea.
The schooner Vanderbilt was sighted
of Il ice Rocks on Friday evening hav
ing on board GOO seals, mostly secured
| Of the coast Of Oregon.
Tbe scaooneF Lilly l.. arrived at the
same place shortly after the Penelope,
hayIng left San Francisco on April %,
and from the 5;h to the 10Th of that
mouth she experienced heavy gales. "a
the 18th inst. two boats were lost of
Cape FouIweather, the crews deserving
the vessel and p1lling their hunting
beats ashore. She has only thirteen
seals on board and will proceed North
early this week.
PORT TOWNSEND BREvITIEs.